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APPLICATION FILED MAR. 5. i915- l ,1 95,39 3 I. Patented Aug. 22, 1916.'

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JOHN H. OSHEA AND CHARLES H. FENTON, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, .ASSIGNORS T0THE N. K. '.FAIRBANK COMPANY, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OIENEW JERSEY.

FRICTION-LID CAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 5, 1915. Serial No. 12,260.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN H. OSHEA and CHARLES H. FnN'roN, citizens ofthe United States, and residents of Chicago, in the county of Cook and,State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFriction-Lid Cans; and we do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in friction lid cans and consistsof the matters hereinafter described and more particularly pointed outin the appended claim.

The invention relates more especially to cans for containing andshipping Syrups, lard, grease, paints, varnish and the like.

The improved can is of the kind in which the lid acts in the manner of apiston to close the open end of the can which is provided with a flangedring to receive the lid and retain it in place by means of friction.Cans of this type are made generally of tin throughout, but there arealso cans for dry products having a similar friction lid in which thebody is made of paper, board, or other composition, a flanged ring oftin being applied to the top of the can body to receive and hold the lidin place just the same as in the case of cans made entirely of tin. Theinvention is equally applicable to this sort of can.

Referring now to the drawings: Figure 1 is a view representing inperspective a can provided with our improvements. Fig. 2 is a viewrepresenting a vertical section through the lid of the can shown inFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a partial section on an enlarged scale of the canshown in Fig. 2 with the lid removed and the can inverted.

Referring now to that embodiment of our invention illustrated in thedrawings :-1O indicates the can body open at the top and having theusual fixed, closed bottom 11.

13 indicates the flanged, lid-retaining ring' at the top of the body and12 indicates the saucer-like lid which is removably engaged wlthin saidring.

As shown in Figs. 2 and 3 the ring 13 has an annular depending flange 21which embraces and is xed to the upper end of the can body 10. 22indicates an'inner, uprlght annular flange for receiving and retalnlngthe lid 12. This flange is formed by bending the metal upwardly, andthen bendlng back a part of the flange forming metal upon itself, asclearly indicated at 23. This formation reinforces the retaining flangeand alsoI provides a smooth, rounded top edge 22a to be exposed when thelid is removed. i

' 24 indicates the web connecting the two flanges of the lid-retainingring. The said web in the preferredform is inclined slightly upward sothat when the can is inverted as shown in Fig. 3, the contents may allbe poured or otherwise removed from the can without check, as there isno trough-like or other recessed space of any kind formed in thelid-retaining ring to catch and hold part of the contents, the last bitof which may roll or flow freely off the web 24.

The lid 12 of the improved can has the usual tubular body 25 and closedend 26 to form the top of the can, together with an annular, horizontal,radially extending flange 27 which is adapted for engagement with therounded top edge 22a of the upright, annular flange 22 on the ring 13.

The many advantages of our improved can will be apparent to thosefamiliar with the art.

We claim as our invention:

A can of the kind described, comprising in `@lined outwardly from' thebody of the can thepresence of two Witnesses, this 25th day towalrd inerrilg, and a saucer hsllalzd of February, A. D. 1915.

tubuariaate toenaewit' eI ,i-

inner ring and bpeing proviedgwith a radial JOHN H' O SHEA' 5 flangeadapted to close upon the top edge of the said inner ring. Witnesses:

` In testimony, that we claim the foregoing C. R. BRAATSCH, as 'ourinvention we affix our signatures in E. FITZGERALD.

CHARLES H. FENTON.

